McClelland Townsman Cavendish Blue

A mild light brown blend that is about 50% Maryland,45% Burley and 5 % Virginia. (my guess anyway). The flavouring is Maple. In the bag it smells great. In the pipe it packs well, lights well and stays lit. The taste is nice and it tastes like maple. The "N" factor is low. Those around you will compliment you with "makes me hungry for pancakes". I mixed a little Carter Hall in and brought the "N" up to my liking. Good by it's self or as a mixer.

Only mild Cavendish bite. Wonderful room note. Easy smoke, gentle, nice on everyone around including myself. A.

First off, I did not taste maple in this blend. I tasted vanilla but not overpowering and not unpleasant at all. However, it needs to be smoked rather slow or it will bite you. As hot as it smokes though, it is not a harsh bite, more like when one smokes young virginias to fast and I think this has some virginias in it besides the burley. The room note is very nice but again, I did not get maple but vanilla. I stayed lit pretty well, only had to relight once on my first bowl but I was taking it very slow. This is rather surprising as it is fairly wet in the pouch. It did burn down to the bottom of the pipe leaving a grey ash. It started out very tasteful about to the halfway point and then I got more of the burley nuttiness. All in all, I can smoke this and enjoy it but their are better aromatics out there.

I like this stuff. Its different. It has a very smooth buttery maple aroma, and flavor The maple is not overpowering like the "Town Topic". More a light back taste. A little moister than you might first think, so let it sit a moment or burns a little warm and moist. The room is very mild and fragrant. Overall a light smooth mild aromatic. Kinda syrapy burn though! Good after breakfast or in mixed company! Give it a try!

If you want pancakes and sausage, just order it in a restaurant. It might make you say 'must we be total non-pipe smokers?' A gloppy, goopy mess ala McClelland aromatics. The C & D Autumn Evening is a better rendition of the Vermont sap variety - provided, of course, Mr. Tarler hasn't turned it into a fiery latakia blend by this time. Vermont Maple from Wilke is better, too, if you can withstand the tongue bite.

One of five stars

I don?t want it. You can have it. It?s too sweet for me.

A cigarette is to be smoked. A cigar is to be enjoyed. A pipe is to be savored.

I rate this tobacco 5.5 out of 10.

This is a subtle well done aromatic, with a very pleasant and lightly sweet aroma. It smelled very good in the pouch and tasted of light maple. Many aromatics overdo it, this tobacco gets it right. The maple casing is present throughout the whole bowl and stayed pleasant to the end.

I would recommend this to all aromatic smokers and anyone for that matter who enjoys a dessert bowl now and again.

This is a very pleasant, relaxing Cavendish cut Burley/Virginia. The maple casing is well done, and the quality of the underlying tobacco is decent as well. If you are looking for a straightforward, sweet, simple blend, this will do nicely.

Although over the past 5 or 6 years I have gradually found myself smoking more unflavored blends, I still on ocassion will get a craving for something like Solani 369 or one of the many excellent aromatic blends from McClelland.

From the very beginning I could not find any real fault with any of the characteristics of this blend. The aroma upon opening the package left little doubt it was Maple flavored to a point that I feared it would be just another "overcased" goopy blend, but to my surprise, although the Maple flavoring was clearly apparent from the first puff to the bottom of the bowl, it was not in the least overpowering and allowed the flavors of the ruff cut Burley and Virginias to come through. It burned to a light gray ash and required only one re-light.

Although I've only smoked about 1/2 of the 8 oz. pkg, I find myself smoking at least a couple of bowls a day. And before I forget it, I should also mention that the price is very reasonable as well. Looks like McClelland has another winner with Townsman Blue.

F. Prefect